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GLORY 12 Live Results and Updates

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GLORY 12 Live Results and Updates

Tonight at 9PM Eastern time GLORY 12 New York is set to take the world by storm live on Spike TV here in the United States. If you are outside of the United States and wondering how you can watch GLORY 12 the answer is quite simple; head to the LiverKick.com home page and click the story up top and order GLORY 12 live on internet PPV. Pretty simple, right? GLORY 12 features the GLORY Lightweight Tournament with Giogio Petrosyan, Robin van Roosmalen, Davit Kiria and Andy Ristie. Also on the card will be Ben Edwards taking on Jamal Ben Saddik and Joe Schilling squaring off with New York’s own Wayne Barrett.

So join us tonight at 9pm Eastern for live coverage of GLORY 12 New York and don’t forget to check us out on Twitter (@LiverKickdotcom) for live results.

  • Undercard
  • Casey Greene (R1- KO) John King
  • Niko Tsigaras (R1 – KO) Dominick Biondo
  • John Bowman (R3 – KO) Villi Bello
  • Alexy Filyakov (R1 – KO) Mohamed Fanzy
  • Thiago Michel R3 – UD) Paul Marfort
  • Saulo Cavalari (R1 – KO) Mourad Bouzidi
  • Francois ambang (R3 – TKO) Eddie Walker
  • Jhonata Diniz (R1 – TKO) Igor Jurkovic
  • Brian Collette (R1 – KO) Warren Thompson
  • Artem Vakhitov (R3 – UD) Nenad Pagonis
GLORY 12 Live Results and Updates
  • Spike TV
  • Lightweight Semi-Finals: Robin van Roosmalen (R3 – UD) Davit Kiria — This fight went exactly like you’d expect it to, as it was almost a carbon copy of their first bout. Kiria just never turned the heat up like he needed to do to best RvR’s volume. Robin takes the decision.
  • Lightweight Semi-Finals: Andy Ristie (R3 – KO) Giorgio Petrosyan — Wow. This fight was all Petrosyan going into the third round, but Ristie was applying pressure and was landing a few really hard shots. A big shot late in the third round connected on Petrosyan only for another to happen and Petrosyan goes down with the referee calling it off. Wow.
  • Lightweight Tournament Reserve Bout: Ky Hollenbeck (R3 – UD) Warren Stevelmans — Not a lot to say about this fight, as there was a lot of clinching with Hollenbeck dominating most of the fight. Hollenbeck had a very strong round two and then did some great work in R3 to solidify the win.
  • Ben Edwards (R3 – KO) Jamal Ben Saddik — My god. This was pretty much every bit of the Heavyweight slugfest that you expected it to be, ending with Ben Edwards landing some crazy shots in R3 and putting Jamal Ben Saddik to sleep.
  • Wayne Barrett (R3 – UD) Joe Schilling — My god this fight was just crazy. Barrett put in some serious work in the first round, frustrating Schilling without scoring much. The second round saw Barrett drop Schilling not once but twice, with Joe warrioring to his feet both times to solider on. The third round is where it went nuts as Schilling landed a tremendous knee to the face that flattened Barrett. It looked like Barrett was out but he was able to get up at the last moment and continue fighting. Hats off to both men for a crazy fight.
  • Lightweight Tournament Finals: Andy Ristie (R2 – KO) Robin van Roosmalen — Man, tonight was just Andy Ristie’s night. There was no one that was going to get in Andy Ristie’s way as he dropped RvR in R1 and then did the same int he second round with Robin not getting back up.

GLORY 10 Live Results and Updates

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GLORY 10 Live Results and Updates

Tonight is the big night! GLORY 10 Los Angeles goes down tonight, starting at 9:30 Eastern time with three free fights on GLORY’s Facebook page. LiverKick will not only be providing live coverage, but if want to check it out live, why not order the PPV directly from us for $20? You get to watch all of the action go down live and get to support GLORY as well as LiverKick. So don’t forget to tune in live with us.

Here is the televised card for tonight.

  • GLORY 10 LOS ANGELES
  • Tournament Finals: Joe Schilling (Ext.R – Unanimous Decision) Artem Levin – Wow, this fight just had it all. It was super dramatic as Levin fought like Levin fights in R1 and things were looking like Joe might have some problems, then in the second round Joe landed an amazing overhand right followed by a knee that almost knocked Levin out. Levin beat the count and held on. Then in the third round Levin scored a few great shots on Joe, but Joe kept in the fight. It was ruled a draw and both men came back out, exhausted, for a fourth round, with it being dead even throughout until Joe landed a big right hand that scored a flash knockdown on Levin before he let the clock run out and Joe Schilling is your new Middleweight Champion of the world. Wow!
  • Robin van Roosmalen (R3 – Unanimous Decision) Shemsi Beqiri – Great back and forth fight between the two, exactly what you would expect from them. Robin was landing some amazing blows, but Shemsi was always in the fight. This was the kind of fight that sells a sport to newer fans.
  • Davit Kiria (R3 – Unanimous Decision) Murthel Groenhart – Very close brawl between the two, but Kiria was pushing the action more and landed the better shots, getting him the super close decision victory.
  • Reserve Bout: Wayne Barrett (R1 – TKO) Rob Plotkin – Well damn, Wayne Barrett just cleaned Rob Plotkin’s clock with a right hand followed by a knee that put him down once, then a right hand that was two knockdowns and it for him.
GLORY 10 Live Results and Updates
  • Tournament: Joe Schilling (R3 – Unanimous Decision) Kengo Shimizu – My god, Joe put a serious beating on Shimizu. I mean, tons of clinch knees and big kicks from Joe, as well as letting his hands go. Shimizu was a tough guy, just would not go down.
  • Tournament: Artem Levin (R3 – Unanimous Decision) Jason Wilnis – Wilnis put up a good fight, but Levin just had the better angles and was connecting throughout the fight. It was an Artem Levin clinic, basically.
  • Facebook Prelims:
  • Brian Collette (R3 – Unanimous Decision) Randy Blake – This fight was just ugly as hell. Lots of clinching, lots of trying to counter, yeah.
  • Ky Hollenbeck (R3 – Unanimous Decision) Albert Kraus – You really gotta give it up to Ky Hollenbeck who just applied constant pressure on Kraus and had Kraus backing up for all three rounds. Kraus did have a great tan, though.
  • Hinata Watanabe (R3 – TKO – leg kicks) Johann Fauveau – This fight was all HINATA, as HINATA thundered Fauveau with leg kicks throughout the fight, landing them with ease. He scored what should have been a down in R1, but it didn’t matter as HINATA kept pushing until he had Fauveau in the corner, bent over, trying to cover up, while HINATA was continuing to assault. Fauveau’s corner was forced to throw in the towel in the third round.

Badr Hari, Peter Aerts and Peter Graham Participating in Global FC 3 on May 29th

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Badr Hari, Peter Aerts and Peter Graham Participating in Global FC 3 on May 29th

This kind of came out of nowhere and is a bit strange.

On May 29th in Dubai an event is happening, called Global FC 3, which will feature a one night, four man Kickboxing tournament. The winner of the tournament will take home 1 million UAE dirhams (approximately $272,000 USD).

Badr Hari, Peter Aerts and Peter Graham Participating in Global FC 3 on May 29th

The participants thus far are strange, to say the least. Announced for the card are Badr Hari, Peter Graham and Peter Aerts. The other big name announced via a press release was ring announcer Michael Buffer.

When we know more about this we will be sure to report on it.

DETAILS ON FIKA BEGIN TO TRICKLE OUT A NEW K-1

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DETAILS ON FIKA BEGIN TO TRICKLE OUT A NEW K-1

Kazuyoshi Ishii officially announced FIKA today, and has promised it will be a new day for K-1 worldwide. FIKA is the Federation International K-1 Association, and will apparently be the new governing body for K-1. There will be a K-1 World Grand Prix in 2012, but to fully grasp what Ishii and his new partners have planned, think big.

DETAILS ON FIKA BEGIN TO TRICKLE OUT A NEW K-1

FIKA is to be headquartered in Hong Kong and they are going to appeal big time to Chinese audiences by having some of their biggest shows take place in China. There will still be a “World Stage” event in Japan, but it doesn’t appear to be the Finals. They are looking to hold events around the world to bring a ‘World Cup’ feeling and will try to be the FIFA of Kickboxing. FIKA has also brought on famous Chinese folk singer Song Zuying to sing the official FIKA theme song, which was apparently the big headline grabber in China in regards to this announcement, on top of the list of famous people at the event. The theme song will apparently be recorded in English as well, which Zuying was quoted saying it would help FIKA have a global appeal.

Seven Star Entertainment Fund, a branch of Sun Redrock Investment Group will serve as a partner in FIKA, owning about 60%, with the rest of the management team comprising the remaining 40%. Who is actually a part of this team outside of Ishii is not clear, but with the rumors of Bas Boon looking to invest in K-1 and this looking to be the future of K-1 and Bas Boon was on stage for the announcement with Semmy Schilt, it would be hard not to make connections. FIKA is looking to make for a much stronger push into the United States and China for K-1 and be less Japan-centric.

As of press time there is no firm details on a schedule or possible television deals. The only schedule is a rough one on the FIKA website’s press release, which states April for the world qualifiers, May/June for the 32 stage, Sept/Oct for the 16 stage and Oct to December for the Final 8. This will be in three weight classes; 63kg, 70kg and 100kg.

Krush.16 Results: Kubo and Sato Claim ISKA Titles, Xu Yan KOs Yuya Yamamoto

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Krush.16 Results: Kubo and Sato Claim ISKA Titles, Xu Yan KOs Yuya Yamamoto

Krush.16 took place earlier today at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and it marked the company’s second co-promotion with ISKA, again with two titles on the line, pitting Japanese kickboxers against European kickboxers for the ISKA Light Welterweight and Light Middleweight titles. 2011 K-1 63kg Japan Tournament champion Yuta Kubo took on former WPMF France champ Charles Francois for the ISKA World Light Welterweight title while 2010 K-1 MAX World Tournament Runner-up Yoshihiro Sato took on reigning ISKA World Light Middleweight champ Fadi Merza for his title. Also, K-1 regular Yuya Yamamoto took on fellow K-1 veteran Xu Yan at 70kg.

In the main event, Yuta Kubo continued his reign of terror, stopping Charles Francois with a body shot at 2:18 into the 2nd round to claim the ISKA Light Welterweight title. Kubo used his offensive skill-set to keep Francois off rhythm and scored a down in the first round with a head kick. In the second, Kubo worked Francois’ body en route to a body shot KO. Kubo (32-4-1, 15 KO) is now on a 9-fight win streak, going an incredible 13-1 (5 KO) since the beginning of 2010. An interesting note is that his last four wins have come over European competition. With FIKA showing signs of life with their recently announced Koshien Tournament, expect their focus for tournament selection to still be Japan-centric at -63kg and Kubo is the #1 fighter in Japan at the weight. Not to mention the lighter weight tournaments have usually taken place earlier in the year. Francois (33-10-1, 25 KO) was 2-6 in his last 8 coming into this fight, so it seems like a bit of a squash match, something Kubo has had trouble avoiding lately.

In the co-main event, Yoshihiro Sato has taken a positive step in reclaiming some consistency, taking a unanimous decision over ISKA Light Middleweight champion Fadi Merza on scores of 50-45 (x3) to claim the ISKA World Light Middleweight title. Sato (49-17-0, 20 KO) made it to the finals of the most recent K-1 MAX World Tournament in 2010, defeating Yuya Yamamoto, Michal Glogowski and Gago Drago, but losing to kingpin Giorgio Petrosyan in the finals. After that fight, Sato won a questionable split decision over Shemsi Beqiri in Krush, then lost a questionable decision to Armen Petrosyan, lost to Andy Souwer in Shootboxing and was involved in yet another questionable decision with his win over Albert Kraus in K-1, then lost his most recent fight to Alex Tobiasson Harris at Rumble of the Kings 2011, though that fight was at 75kg. Not to say those questionable fights weren’t very close, but they could have easily gone the other way. Merza (118-18-3, 43 KO) was coming off of a loss to Cedric Muller in The Challenger Muay Thai.

Krush.16 Results: Kubo and Sato Claim ISKA Titles, Xu Yan KOs Yuya Yamamoto

In a 70kg bout, K-1 veteran Xu Yan scored a bit of an upset, knocking out 2009 K-1 MAX World Tournament semifinalist Yuya Yamamoto at 1:39 into the 1st round. Yan appeared to get off to a good start, landing against the defensively flawed Yamamoto. Then in the second round Yan took over, scoring three knockdowns and earning him the TKO victory. Yan (30-13-0, 15 KO) had lost 4 straight fights coming into this fight with back to back losses to Abdallah Mabel in Fight Code. He was previously best known for his KO of Yuichiro “Jienotsu” Nagashima in K-1 in 2009. Yamamoto (33-22-1, 11 KO) hit his career peak in 2009, defeating Chi Bin Lim and Gago Drago to make it to the semifinals of the 2009 K-1 MAX World Tournament where he lost to Giorgio Petrosyan by KO. Since, he has struggled immensely, going 6-5 (2 KO), being upset by Hinata and Shintaro Matsukura and most recently being KO’d by Yuji Nashiro in the finals of the 2011 K-1 MAX Japan Tournament after taking a questionable decision win over Kenta in the semifinals.

In a 61kg fight, K-1 veteran Kizaemon Saiga picked up a majority decision win over Katsuya Goto on scores of 30-30, 30-29 and 30-27. Saiga (8-4-1, 1 KO) has proved himself to be a tough out in the 63kg division, but he is not quite an elite fighter. After an upset over Naoki Ishikawa in K-1, Saiga was KO’d in the semifinals by eventual champion Tetsuya Yamato, then upset by Korean prospect Sun-Hyun Lee. He won a fight in Krush, then lost in the opening round of the Krush 63kg Tournament to eventual champion Ryuji Kajiwara, then lost in the opening round of the 2011 K-1 -63kg Japan Tournament to eventual champion Yuta Kubo. In short, if you defeat Saiga in a tournament, you win the tournament, though the two times HIROYA defeated Saiga in the Koshien Tournament were the two years he lost. He is now on a 3 fight win streak. Goto (8-6-1, 3 KO) most recently defeated Takeshi Watanabe at Krush.11.

SuperKombat Final Elimination, November 10: Fight Card

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SuperKombat Final Elimination, November 10: Fight Card

SuperKombat returns on November 10 in Craiova, Romania with an event featuring their Final Elimination. 

The Final Elimination consists of fighters that were selected and ones that qualified by winning SuperKombat tournaments. Among the Final Elimination participants that quaified through tournaments are Sergei Lascenko, Ismael Londt and Pavel Zhuravlev who made up last year’s Final 4, and Benjamin Adegbuyi and Roman Kleibl, who won qualifying tournaments this year. Sebastian Ciobanu defeated Dzevad Poturak on October 20 to qualify, while Freddy Kemayo and Alexey Ignashov were selections.

For the Final Elimination match-ups, Sergei Lascenko will fight Ismael Londt in a rematch of last year’s SuperKombat World Grand Prix Final, which saw Lascenko come back from a knockdown to knock out Londt in the first round. Pavel Zhuravlev, coming off a win at the K-1 Final 16 event, fights Freddy Kemayo. Roman Kleibl fights Sebastian Ciobanu and Benjamin Adegbuyi fights Alexey Ignashov, who comes off two wins in a week, over Zinedine Hameur-Lain and Tomas Hron respectively. The winners of these match-ups advance to SuperKombat’s World Grand Prix Final in December.

The event also features five super fights. Three Americans are being brought over to fight, as James Wilson fights Ionut Iftimoae, Carter Williams fights Catalin Morosanu, and Radu Spinghel, an actor who has made appearances in movies like The Pink Panther, fights Petr Vondracek.

SuperKombat Final Elimination, November 10: Fight Card

In addition, the two other super fights see Dzevad Poturak fight Ibrahim Aarab and Dmitri Bezus fighting Tomas Hron.

As usual, the event will air live on Eurosport, at 21:00 CET.

Super Fight (+96 kg)
1.Dimitry Bezus (Russia) vs Tomas Hron (Czech Republic)

Super Fight (+96 kg)
2. Ibrahim Aarab (Marocco) vs Dzevad Poturak (Bosnia Herzegovina)

Final Elimination (+96 kg)
3. Sergey Lascenko (Ukraine) vs Ismael Londt (Suriname)

Final Elimination (+96 kg)
4. Pavel Zhuravlev (Ukraine) vs Freddy Kemayo (France)

Final Elimination (+96 kg)
5. Roman Kleibl (Czech Republic) vs Sebastian Ciobanu (Romania)

Final Elimination (+96 kg)
6. Benjamin Adegbuyi (Romania) vs Alexey Ignashov (Belarus)

Super Fight (+96 kg)
7. Petr Vondracek (Czech Republic) vs Radu Spinghel (USA/Romania)

Super Fight (+96 kg)
8. James Wilson (USA) vs Ionuţ Iftimoaie (Romania)

Super Fight (+96 kg)
9. Carter Williams (USA) vs Catalin Morosanu (Romania)

S-Cup Update: More Fights Announced and Tournament Field Confusion

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S-Cup Update: More Fights Announced and Tournament Field Confusion

With the S-Cup just 2 weeks away, Shootboxing has begun announcing fights for the event, as well as tournament reserves. However, there has also been some questions regarding the tournament field.

The other day, two interesting pieces of news had surfaced. First, Albert Kraus, who is suffering from the flu, was replaced in his reserve fight by Warren Stevelmans, who is set to participate at the S-Cup. Shortly before that, Yokkao had announced via Twitter and Facebook that Kem Sitsongpeenong would be fighting Andy Souwer at the S-Cup, but that news has since disappeared from Yokkao’s social media outlets. Add in that Henri van Opstal still isn’t officially listed as a participant and the S-Cup field becomes quite confusing. Check back to LiverKick in the coming weeks as we try to clear up some of the confusion.

Moving on to announced fights, perhaps the biggest super fight announced so far is RISE 60kg champ and LiverKick #10 ranked Lightweight Kosuke Komiyama taking on Shootboxing Featherweight champion Naguranchun Masa M16. Komiyama had his first fight in Shootboxing in September, taking a unanimous decision against Shootboxing Super Featherweight champion Akifumi Utagawa and looks to push his win streak to 9 with a win here. Naguranchun has a 9-fight win streak of his own that he is looking to preserve, going undefeated since a pair of losses to Pajonsuk Por Pramuk and Mamoru Yamaguchi in 2009, avenging the loss against Yamaguchi back in April.

S-Cup Update: More Fights Announced and Tournament Field Confusion

Also added to the card is MA Kick Heavyweight champion Magnum Sakai vs MMA fighter Shunsuke Inoue. Sakai had a 3-fight win streak snapped back in June in HEAT while Inoue lost to Soa Palelei in MMA, snapping a 2-fight win streak, before picking up a win in Shootboxing in September. Both men have fought under Shootboxing rules before, with Inoue fighting in September and Sakai fighting in Shootboxing last July. 

Finally, Shootboxing has announced 3 reserve fighters for the tournament field: Satoru Suzuki, Hinata and Akihiro Gono. Each man was unsuccessful in earning a spot in this year’s S-Cup with losses in S-Cup Qualifiers at Shootboxing act.4 in September. I assume there will be a 4th reserve fighter announced, meaning 2 reserve fights.

GLORY 3 Rome – Final 8: Live Results

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GLORY 3 Rome - Final 8: Live Results

GLORY 3 Rome – Final 8 takes place today from Rome, Italy, featuring a one night, eight man tournament at 70kg for a grand prize of $300 000, also crowning the lightweight champion of GLORY. Note that Yoshihiro Sato has replaced Albert Kraus.

We’ll be providing live results as they happen. The event starts live at 3:30 PM ET/12:30 PM PT in North America and 20:30 CET in Europe. You can watch the event live, here on LiverKick by clicking here. For live updates and play by play, we’ll be on Twitter at @rianscalia, @SandersonSensei and @Liverkickdotcom.

Preliminary Card:

MMA: Ivan Musardo def. Giorgio Belsanti by Submission (Rear Naked Choke).

70kg: Julian Imeri def. Emannuele Raini by decision.

72.5kg: Ricardo Lecca def. Giuseppe D’Amuri by KO in Round 1.

MMA: Cesario di Domenico def. Davide Dolce by submission.

GLORY 3 Rome - Final 8: Live Results

Main Card:

70kg Reserve Fight: Warren Stevelmans def. Dzhabar Askerov by decision.

70kg Reserve Fight: Alessandro Campagna def. Fabio Pinca by decision.

70kg Quarter Final: Giorgio Petrosyan def. Ky Hollenbeck by TKO (Injury) in Round 2.

70kg Quarter Final: Davit Kiria def. Shemsi Beqiri by decision.

70kg Quarter Final: Robin van Roosmalen def. Tim Thomas by TKO (Ref Stoppage) in Round 2.

70kg Quarter Final: Sanny Dahlbeck def. Yoshihiro Sato by TKO in Round 2.

72.5kg: Alka Matewa def. Marco Re by decision.

70kg Semi Final: Giorgio Petrosyan def. Davit Kiria by decision.

70kg Semi Final: Robin van Roosmalen def. Sanny Dahlbeck by TKO (Body Shot) in Round 3.

70kg: Jordan Watson def. Mustapha Haida by decision.

70kg Final: Giorgio Petrosyan def. Robin van Roosmalen by decision.

KONGSAK SITBOONMEE THE BEST FIGHTER IN THAILAND

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KONGSAK SITBOONMEE THE BEST FIGHTER IN THAILAND

With Saenchai Sinbimuaythai now concentrating on fighting over sea’s a lot more, and Nong-O in a bit of a slump, a clear #1 has emerged in Thailand. That man would be Kongsak Sitboonmee, the latest winner of the Thailand’s Sportswriters fighter of the year, the most prestigious award that can be given to a fighter. He went a perfect 8-0 from March of 2010 – March of 2011. After going 7-0 he was paired against Pakon Sakyotin in a fight at 127 pounds that would determine the winner of the award. Pakon who is remembered for his ultra violent fight with Pornsaneh Sitmonchai from last year was also riding a great record coming into the fight, and a win over Kongsak was the only thing holding him back from grasping the award he has come close to winning before. 

You can see the fight is competitive, even though it gets a bit ugly. It seems like there was a little bit of tension in both guys, and neither are throwing with there usual superb technique, though its still very good. I think a lot of that can be do to the importance of the fight. By R4 it appears Kongsak has got the fight where he wants it. Pakon who is a strong clinch fighter has struggles tying the bigger Kongsak up, but does get in his share of strikes at times. The left leg of Kongsak and his ability to not let Pakon get comfortable were the determining factors. While not super exciting, Kongsak is a very smart fighter, and throws a heavy kick. This style of fighting will allow the 21 year old to be around for many more years.

Next month he looks to start off another run at fighter of the year when he faces one of Thailand’s best, Sam-A Thor Ratonakiat. 

For the sake of Muay Thai I hope he and Saenchai who will also be competing next month on the same card against Petchboonchu F.A Group…. again, (sigh) can agree on a suitable catch weight. Kongsak vs. Saenchai is the biggest, and best fight that can be made in all of Muay Thai. Lets cross our fingers and hope it happens.

Photos of the Day: K-1 Keeps it Real in IGF

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Photos of the Day: K-1 Keeps it Real in IGF

Inoki Genome Federation, Antonio Inoki’s professional wrestling promotion that is co-promoting the upcoming Real Entertainment New Year’s Eve event, Genki Desuka! As par for the course with IGF, there are a lot of MMA and K-1 fighters involved in these cards, including a main event between Jerome Le Banner and Josh Barnett. JLB defended his IGF Championship against Barnett by doing what he does best; rearranging faces.

The event also featured a few other K-1 alumni, including Yuichiro Jienotsu Nagashima against Bob Sapp, with Jienotsu using a school boy on Sapp.

Photos of the Day: K-1 Keeps it Real in IGF

Then of course, everyone’s favorite, Peter Aerts was in a tag team bout, partnering with former WWE wrestler and Strikeforce fighter Bobby Lashley, where Aerts was able to make mince meat of their opponents, former PRIDE FC fighters and NJPW wrestlers Kendo KaShin and Kaz Fujita.

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